Phoenix freeway shooting suspect: ‘I’m the wrong guy’
By TERRY TANG and BRIAN SKOLOFF A landscaper arrested in a series of Phoenix freeway shootings told a judge that authorities have “the wrong guy” as investigators stood by their…
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Police arrest suspect in string of Phoenix freeway shootings
By WALTER BERRY and BRIAN SKOLOFF Police arrested a man Friday for a string of seemingly random freeway shootings in Phoenix, adding that they had linked the man’s gun to…
Suspect in 2 Mississippi killings dies of apparent suicide
By JEFF AMY and ROGELIO SOLIS After an intense manhunt, authorities in Mississippi said a college instructor wanted in the deaths of a woman he lived with and a university…
The Latest: Suspect in trooper’s shooting is shot and killed
Here is the latest on the fatal shooting of a state trooper in western Kentucky (all times local): 9:25 a.m. Police say the man accused of fatally shooting a Kentucky…
Deputy ambushed, fatally shot at Houston gas station
By JUAN A. LOZANO The search for the suspect in the death of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was shot several times while filling up his patrol car at a…
Venezuela’s Maduro vows to extend Colombian border crackdown
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed to extend a crackdown on illegal migrants from neighboring Colombia he blames for rampant crime and widespread shortages, while authorities across the…
Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
By DENISE LAVOIE Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but…
France: 2 Americans subdue gunman on high-speed train
By GREG KELLER A gunman opened fire on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, wounding two people before two American passengers subdued him, officials said. French…